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Human rights violations leave deep scars on people, societies, and nations. Since the early 1990s, international rights groups have argued that resolving the violence of the past through instruments of transitional justice such as truth commissions is a necessary condition for a peaceful future. But how can nations ensure that these tribunals are the best path to reconciliation? The Politics of Acknowledgement develops a theoretical framework of acknowledgement with which to evaluate truth commissions. Rather than applying this framework to successful tribunals, Joanna Quinn uses it to analyze the difficulties encountered and the ultimate failure of two poorly understood truth commissions in Uganda and Haiti. The failure of these commissions reveals that if reconciliation is to be achieved, acknowledgement of past violence and harm � by both victims and perpetrators � must come before goals such as forgiveness, social trust, civic engagement, and social cohesion.

Truth commissions --- Truth commissions. --- Commissions, Truth --- Reconciliation commissions --- Governmental investigations --- Human rights

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What if we could change the conditions in post-conflict/post-authoritarian countries to make transitional justice work better? This book argues that if the context in countries in need of transitional justice can be ameliorated before processes of transitional justice are established, they are more likely to meet with success. As the contributors reveal, this can be done in different ways. At the attitudinal level, changing the broader social ethos can improve the chances that societies will be more receptive to transitional justice. At the institutional level, the capacity of mechanisms and institutions can be strengthened to offer more support to transitional justice processes. Drawing on lessons learned in Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, The Gambia, Lebanon, Palestine, and Uganda, the book explores ways to better the conditions in post-conflict/post-authoritarian countries to improve the success of transitional justice. Samar El-Masri is Adjunct Professor at both the Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction at The University of Western Ontario and the Faculty of Graduate Studies at Dalhousie University, Canada. Tammy Lambert is Researcher in Political Science and Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction at The University of Western Ontario. Joanna R. Quinn is Director of the Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction at The University of Western Ontario. This book emerges from the research program of the Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction at The University of Western Ontario.

Transitional justice. --- Justice --- Human rights --- International relations. --- Peace. --- Democracy. --- Social justice. --- Human rights. --- International Relations Theory. --- Peace Studies. --- Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights. --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Equality --- Self-government --- Political science --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Coexistence, Peaceful --- Peaceful coexistence --- International relations --- Disarmament --- Peace-building --- Security, International --- Coexistence --- Foreign affairs --- Foreign policy --- Foreign relations --- Global governance --- Interdependence of nations --- International affairs --- World order --- National security --- Sovereignty --- World politics --- Law and legislation